Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-12-28

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station That The last train % the su-
hnrb vhsro lived he'd gone. I deter
mined, mindful a The pleasures Of
niRht wandering n Paris, 60 seek shell
teF r. 10 hotel. but % - What sights
the etYeefa Of oloepinr London might
afford.
"a lsy IN the gutter Of that narrow
street there. whore any passing cab or
yonder fruit-laden dray might. without
blame 70 the driver. have crushed its
lis out It was . little child. 20 liQht
Is INV hand ~ / picked Il M that for :
moment wondered whether indeed
e vas living thing. Had L learned
Sc 90 early On aQe TO suffer and be still?
II seemed 90, for IL made no CRY. Not
a abandoned babe. moreover. for
there, coiled up asleep In : doorway,
lay lie mother. The child had dropped
from her relaxing arms and rolled into
the kennel. In the Strand now. va.
cant OF al traffic save OF the walking
lepers OF the street, insolent grown,
since Z piaued police curtails not their
90 repnlsiye sggressions, "Our new
instructions bid us leave them alone"
says Q Constable to me. aand very GLAD
W are to be relieved Of the trouble of
chiyyyinc them about There II that
danger in applying the rebuke OF Tale
rand-that lie to whom o forbid over
zeal will sink into complete inaction.
In every doorway OF the side streets
OF the thoroughfare single misery has
taken refuge. Misery in COMPANY il
here in Trafalgar S6usre. Acurious
SIGHT. indeed. this "finest site~ a. I
then ssw Il. II was all dark. with .
couchant mob Of homeless yarabonds
taking their rest on the stones. Not all
in rags there, much black-coated misery
was here. Such was he who presently
tells ne he was . city clerk. and who.
10 iudre from his tonrue and manner.
may indeed have once done clerk work.
His pillow il Dailu telegraph. This
paper bedding Affords q curious study.
Most have such furniture to their rest
inQ places. and m I walk around I take
notice what papers ara most used. The
Echo pillows most Of those who are in
rars. Black.costed misery takes it's
bed fittings from the CONSERVATIVES
press. One is o starving and homeless
out-cast, but one respects the institu-
tions Of ones country. -Four hundred
slcepers, men aud women. promiscu-
ously side by side, / count in the shad-
ows Of the finest hotels in the world.
High up on his column stands over ali
one who spoke once Of England and
her expectation. That four hundred
mon and women and their children
should thus be flung on the pavement
Starving. abandoned. in the yery
heart and center Of the luxurv OF the
vorld-who las failed in his dntv? Far
of CLEANS the light hiuh mn That tells
M that the peopie OF ENGLAND ara evan
now being cared for. Her Maiesty's
Commons are at work and provision ia
BEING made for the COMMONWEALTH. Il
4 a CORY beacon. seem from 4 sorry
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Back to Covent Garden. where more
misery is to be seen. No -sieepers here.
but men standing shiyerinr under
arches-e mother Wonder LAUNCHING
some garbage picked from the refuse
Of the street. Hunger in the center of
the plethors Of LondonI But one lives
by contrast, and society loves the
antithesis. "A penny. sir. for . cup Of
coffee. It's terribly cold.n How often
do I hear those words a. I pass a now
omen coffee house. filed with prosper.
ous market men? aCan one get sou
anywhere here?" aNo. sir-coffee.
cocoa. and ginger beer" aAra there
no aonp Kitchens open ~ aThey
don't have none ~ in the winter"
II n true one IL hungry in the winter
only: the other nine months one Il not.
or shouId NOT he. In Paris one can
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